Information from vital records is critical to identify and quantify health-related issues and to measure progress toward quality improvement and public health goals. In particular, maternal and infant mortality serve as important indicators of the nation's health, thereby influencing policy development, funding of programs and research, and measures of health care quality. Accurate and timely d...

Objective: To assess the diabetic patients' medical records as regard the quality of their data and the level of the patients' disease control achieved. Methodology: This study follows a cross sectional study design. The sampling frame comprised all medical records for diabetic patients registered at Al-Manhal PHCC. Following a simple random sample technique, 223 medical records for registered ...

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of smoking among diabetes patients attending Diabetes Outpatient Clinic at Penang General Hospital, Penang, Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was undertaken to assess the smoking status of all the patients that registered at the above clinic. The data were extracted from the diabetes patients’ medical records. Between June 1 2010 and June 3

(a) The records of twenty patients who presented I O years ago with glaucoma simplex were studied and their course described, with particular reference to the control of intraocular pressure. (b) An analysis of 34 patients registered as 'blind' or 'partially sighted' from glaucoma simplex was undertaken. The present status of such patients was personally ascertained and facts about their presen...

Extended Abstract. When the comprehensive information about a topic is scattered among two or more data sets, using only one of those data sets would lead to information loss available in other data sets. Hence, it is necessary to integrate scattered information to a comprehensive unique data set. On the other hand, sometimes we are interested in recognition of duplications in a data set. The i...

 Background: Knowledge about childhood tuberculosis (TB) in Iran is limited. This study aimed to determine the proportion of tuberculosis in children living in Khuzestan in southwest of Iran and its treatment outcomes.  Methods: In this retrospective study, the child’s medical records registered in national TB program (NTP) unit of Khuzestan Health Center (KHC) for TB treatment from 2005 to ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the proportion of cervical screening non-attenders presenting to general practice (GP) primary care over one year. SETTING 137 practices in East London, UK. METHODS Anonymous primary care records were downloaded using EMIS web (clinical software). Cervical screening nonattendance was defined as no recorded smear in the last 3.5 years (women aged 25-49) or 5.5 years (wo...